====== Settlement ======

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^    //**Arcology of Mari**//     ^^
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| Local Languages | English |
| Demonyn | admin/user |
| Government | special status as an international organisation |
| Leader | te3 |
| Establishment | sometime around 2012-06 – 2012-07 |
| Population | ? |
| Abbreviation | //Mari// |
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Mari is a settlement in the center of the ice continent at (-5000, -800), originally built by te3, Koen and v1adimirr for the 1.3 update, but then delayed a bit. It is home to the spawn and the server's archive and the starting point for new players.

===== History =====
=== founding/time period ===
Mari was established when some users started to call for a map change with 1.3. Not wanting that, te3 decided to move the spawn instead, and started to prepare it to have a proper spawn for 1.3, closer to lands with generated emeralds. Legend has it that it's actually the abandoned outpost of an advanced civilzation that once roamed Oceania, built as a base for mineral exploration. Some technological artifacts of that era still exist, such as the clock under spawn and Mari's north gate.
=== major event/time period ===
It became the spawn on 2012-08-29.
===== Landmarks and Surroundings =====
Mari is built right in the middle of a large and mostly unsettled ice continent, in an area that would be a lush river valley if it weren't for the ice. The inside of the arcology has been terraformed to be a park, most building takes place under that green layer.
===== Economy =====
The underground of Mari is designated for public mining, the inside of the arcology itself shall stay a park, free of most buildings and host only to official infrastructure and a few chosen projects. The area not enclosed by walls is freebuild area, though.
A connection to the Limbo rail network is planned, right now the only connection to the traffic net is a wormhole to the old spawn tetown.
===== Work in progress =====
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